Police were called to a recording studio in the 8100 block of Hickman Mills Drive about 12:35 p.m.

Two men were found shot to death, police said.

Investigators said a rapper who was inside the building told them he was preparing for a recording session with another man when he heard something on the opposite side of a wall. The rapper said the man who was recording with him got shot in the chest, and then he saw the gunman coming after him.

Police said the rapper ran out of the building and to a neighboring business to get help. The rapper said he didn't recognize the shooter and didn't know the identity of the second man who was shot.

Officers searched the area around the studio but didn't find the shooter.

Anyone with information in the case is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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